AAAA is a domain record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system where each and every IP is made up of four sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the significantly smaller range of unique IPs the current system supports and also the fast increase of units which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to point a domain address to a machine that uses this type of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the exact same function, yet different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you want to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that via our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the area in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they demand it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.